To strike against Hussein in order to prevent him from deploying nuclear weapons would require a preemptivestrike with no immediate provocation, an action that is sure to draw international condemnation.

The doctrine of preemption, practiced by Begin in the Osirik strike, states that because a shorter, less deadly war is preferable to a longer and more lethal one, nations, in the interests of individual security and the greater good, must have the right to strike against an enemy preparing for a large offensive action.

Preemptivestrikes potentially threaten the power of international institutions, and they directly contradict the ideologies of those who pursue peace through diplomacy at any cost.

A Bush administration strategy announced yesterday calls for the preemptive use of military and covert force before an enemy unleashes weapons of mass destruction, and underscores the United States's willingness to retaliate with nuclear weapons for chemical or biological attacks on U.S. soil or against American troops overseas.

However, a classified version of the strategy goes even further: It breaks with 50 years of U.S. counterproliferation efforts by authorizing preemptivestrikes on states and terrorist groups that are close to acquiring weapons of mass destruction or the long-range missiles capable of delivering them.

Against today's new enemies, the administration has argued, it may be necessary to strikepreemptively and with nuclear weapons that would keep fallout to a minimum.

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The Bush administration is developing a new strategic doctrine that moves away from the Cold War pillars of containment and deterrence toward a policy that supports preemptive attacks against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.

"In some cases, preemptivestrikes against an adversary's [weapons of mass destruction] capabilities may be the best or only option we have to avert a catastrophic attack against the United States," she said.

Under the doctrine, nuclear first strikes would be considered weapons of last resort, especially against biological weapons that can be best destroyed by sustained exposure to the high heat of a nuclear blast, Pentagon officials said.

Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani has warned that Iran might launch a preemptivestrike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.

Mr Shamkhani, who was asked about the possibility of an American or Israeli strike against Iran's atomic power plant in Bushehr, said: "We will consider any strike against our nuclear installations as an attack on Iran as a whole, and we will retaliate with all our strength.

Iran's controversial bid to generate nuclear power at its plant being built at Bushehr is seen by arch-enemies Israel and the United States as a cover for nuclear weapons development.

President Bush's recently announced strategic global doctrine, which for the first time justifies a preemptive U.S. strike against any regime thought to possess weapons of mass destruction, makes a mockery of the war on terrorism.

A preemptivestrike against Home Depot, where box cutters can be bought for a few bucks, would seem more relevant to disarming future terrorists.

After all, those tools were deadly enough when used to commandeer the four airplanes that caused the destruction of Sept. 11.

In Israel, planning and rhetoric appear to have progressed quite a bit further[3]; it appears that some in Israel are seriously considering a preemptive attack similar to the June 1981 attack on Osirak that destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor.

In the event of an unprovoked preemptive attack on its nuclear facilities, Iran could justifiably argue that it requires nuclear weapons to guard against aggression and protect its sovereignty, effectively announcing its intention to withdraw from the NPT and altering the current international dynamic.

In the aftermath of such a strike, it is highly unlikely that the United States would be able to convince members of the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran.

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But several Israeli experts say that the Osirak experience bears little relevance in the case of Iran and that the chances of a repeat strike are very low.

Nevertheless, a lone Israeli strike reminiscent of 1981 seems less likely at a time when US forces are sitting in neighboring Iraq, officials and analysts say.

The Osirak strike generated a chorus of international condemnation that included US Secretary of State Alexander Haig and UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.

Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani warned Wednesday that Iran might launch a preemptivestrike against US forces in the region to prevent an attack on its nuclear facilities.

Shamkhani, who was asked about the possibility of an American or Israeli strike against Iran's atomic power plant in Bushehr, added: "We will consider any strike against our nuclear installations as an attack on Iran as a whole, and we will retaliate with all our strength.

The Islamic republic has agreed to temporarily suspend uranium enrichment pending the completion of the IAEA probe, but is working on other parts of the fuel cycle and has recently resumed making centrifuges used for enrichment.

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Under the Taylor Law, public employees who strike can be docked two days' pay for each day out, and the union can lose its ability to have dues deducted automatically from worker's paychecks.

Bloomberg urged the TWU to stop threatening an illegal strike, saying it's impossible to negotiate when you have a "gun to your head." He also called for a cooling-off period, indicating that he supported letting negotiations go beyond the midnight Sunday deadline.

In the case of a strike, transit officials said time value on monthly and weekly unlimited ride MetroCards will be frozen for the length of the strike.

I have always wondered, when it comes to historic structures that have stood undisturbed for decades or -- in some cases -- centuries, who it is that wakes up one day and decides that tomorrow may be the day that particular building or monument will implode and wreak havoc and destruction.

The approach of implosion today to ensure a safer tomorrow smacks of a "preemptivestrike" based on shaky intelligence.

Nobody, to my knowledge, has proposed a preemptive dismantling of the Metropolitan Cathedral, which towers over the city's massive central plaza, the Zocalo, teeming with thousands of people each day.

Or perhaps the venom of the Left comes from recent disclosures that, in the post-9/11 era, the United States has publicly proclaimed it may strike terrorists and their sponsors  or indeed rogue nations who have the history, capability, and desire to obtain frightening weapons  before they strike us.

On a more immediate level, preemption was how many of us stayed alive in a rather tough grade school: Confront the bully first, openly, and in daylight  our Texan principal warned us  before he could jump you as planned in the dark on the way home.

Israel in 1973 reacted unilaterally to a preemptivestrike from a multilateral coalition involving Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.

Margaret Warner discusses the debate over President Bush's preemptivestrike policy proposal with Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration and head of the Defense Policy Board; and Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Bush says this new era demands a new strategy: To strike some adversaries first before they attack the U.S. BUSH: We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

That meant by abiding by international law, abiding by treaties that we sign, not walking away from treaties when we decide that we don't like them, but holding ourselves accountable to the same standards of international law, human rights, and accountability that we demand of the rest of the world.